Alraune by Mahlon Blaine
Illustrated English translation of Hanns Heinz Ewers' decadent novel, Alraune, the second volume in his Frank Braun trilogy: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Alraune, and Vampire. Inspired by medieval beliefs in the occult properties of the mandrake root (alraune), which was thought to grow under gallows from the fallen semen of hanged men, an arrogant student, Frank Braun, persuades his vicious uncle, Jacob ten Brinken, to create a child through artificial insemination using sperm from a condemned man and a prostitute as the mother. The child, Alraune, grows into an extremely beautiful but thoroughly perverse young woman with a mysterious power to subject others and to bring riches and ruination. Alraune was first published in German in 1911. This Birchgrove Press edition is based on an English translation published by The John Day Company, New York, in 1929 that was illustrated by Mahlon Blaine.
Ewers, Hanns Heinz: - Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943) foddes i Dusseldorf och ar mest kand for sitt forfattande av skracklitteratur. Flera av Hanns Heinz Ewers bocker filmatiserades under hans livstid, sa aven denna bok om Horst Wessel. Under forsta varldskriget var Ewers tysk agent i USA och han blev valkand for sina spektakulara resor och upplevelser. Under sin studietid i Tyskland hade Ewers varit medlem i samma studentkar som Horst Wessel senare skulle bli medlem i, och Ewers kom under borjan av 1930-talet ocksa att engagera sig i NSDAP. Detta engagemang foranledde att hans bocker inte langre fick nagon uppmarksamhet efter andra varldskriget, men under senare ar har Ewers aterupptackts och flera av hans verk har getts ut pa bland annat svenska.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780987195395 |
| ISBN 10 | 0987195395 |
| Title | Alraune |
| Author | Mahlon Blaine |
| Series | Frank Braun Trilogy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Birchgrove Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-13 |
| Number of pages | 340 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |